Michael Hoppen Gallery is proud to present a two-floor exhibition of newly released and sold-out works by Japanese artist Sohei Nishino. This major exhibition opened a few days before lock-down and so many of Sohei's collectors and fans will not have had the opportunity to experience his two new pieces on the walls; Mountain Lines, Everest, 2019 and A Journey of Drifting Ice, 2019.
Now that the gallery has re-opened we would be delighted to show them to you and also to remind you of some of Sohei's earlier diorama city maps, many of which are sold out long ago. Sohei has agreed to release the APs (Artists Proofs) of some of his sold out pieces to accompany his new works. You can find these at the end of this Viewing Room page.
We hope that you will enjoy this new video in which Sohei describes how and why he made his extraordinary new diorama of Everest:
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Sohei discusses Mountain Lines, Everest, 2019
A month on the world's tallest mountain -
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"The way I go about photography is rooted in how I perceive the world physically. Originally, I started to explore this within cities. It began with my fascination with the rapid pace of cities and their metabolism. However, when I had the chance to visit a forest in North Carolina for a residency project in 2017, I was astonished by the enormous layers which existed even within the five square meters of territory around me, with the life including bugs, germs, plants, moss, and soil. I was surprised to learn that there is almost the same level of diversity in nature to that which I found in cities. So, I gradually moved on, to look at nature as my theme."
- Sohei Nishino
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Sohei Nishino’s enduring fascination with map-making has taken a new direction in his most recent projects, which bring his cartographic vision to bear upon places which have traditionally defied definition on paper. His signature photo-collage technique pieces together thousands of images taken over the course of his travels, to construct dioramas of complex geographies which integrate human and physical landscapes. Moving beyond his earlier work in urban environments, Nishino has most recently travelled to Mount Everest, and to the sea which runs between northern Japan and eastern Russia, taking on some of the world’s most challenging environments.
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AVAILABLE WORKS
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